Doo-hwan Chun Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Doo-hwan Chun, based on 5 World History Database records associated with South Korea.

5 records1931–19885 events0 places

Chronological biography

1931

Birth of Doo-hwan Chun1931

Politics / DJP

Birth of Doo-hwan Chun

1979

Assassination of Chung-Hee Park1979

Politics / DJP

In charge of military intelligence during Parks assassination

Coup1979

Government / Government of South Korea

Siezes power

1981

President of South Korea1981

Government / Government of South Korea · President of Korea

Appointed President of South Korea

1988

Retirement1988

Government / Government of South Korea · President of Korea

Chun retires into a Buddhist retreat

Titles and roles

President of Korea

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.